Sunday, May 8, 2011

MOTHER'S DAY, 2011

"We never know the love of the parent until we become parents ourselves." -Henry Ward Beecher

Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body. ~Elizabeth Stone

A little slow on the uptake today, as far as a blog post about my beautiful Mom, but I did manage a 7:00 a.m. phone call to CO. Sounds like she and my Dad had a pretty wonderful day planned, in the mountains. I dug out some old family photos and thought I'd post them on her special day...starting with her great-grandmother, grandmother, and mother; my Mom as a little girl, with her Dad, Mom and sister, Violet; Mom at various ages, and on through her first child - a beautiful, golden haired girl child who everyone in the family adored, cherished and lavished extravagant gifts upon...OK, me...and I lied about the gifts. That's me with my own grandparents, bottom left.

"No matter how old a mother is, she watches her middle-aged children for signs of improvement." -Florida Scott-Maxwell. (I am certain this quote pertains to my brother, and not me.)

And my own stab at motherhood - my best life work, to date (not that I intend to have ANY more kids)...so I guess that would make these lovelies my best life work, period....Louie and Jaclyn.

Sing out loud in the car even, or especially, if it embarrasses your children. ~Marilyn Penland

Hey T, Happy mom's day! You did get make some cute kids! Your mom is awesome, so put together and elegant but down to earth too...and she likes to hang out and do things with you, you are a very lucky daughter!Enjoy the day!